Globe-holder.



E. F. RU'ECKBRT.

v GLOBE HOLDER. 4 APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1912.

1,047,709 y l Patented. Dee. 17, 1912.

WITNESSES i Mmc/m 4 v ATTORNEY Providence,

fore the invention is not confined-v `exact conformity with the showlng ERNEST F. RUECKERT, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

GLoBEfHoLDER.

Specification of Application filed September 28, 1912.

Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 1 7, 1912.

'serial No. 722,991.

To all Lo/om it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ERNEST F. RUECKERT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at in theY county of Providence and State of Rhode Island,.have invented a new and useful Globe-Holder, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This invention haslreference to improve-V ments in globe holders for lighting fixtures or portable structures of like character, and its object is to provide a globe holder of simple construction especially adapted to hold a globe or shade for gas or electric o r otherlight, in a manner which will prevent cracking of the shades or globes when the latter are heated, and which, moreover, so holds the globe as to be practically proof against accidental loosening of the globe.

The present invention comprises a device to be connected to a gas fixture or other lighting fixture, or an electric lamp socket, while the globe holding st-ructure comprises a flexible band in position to embrace the corresponding edge of the globe with any desired force, and the band and the body of the globe lholder have coacting means where# by t-he band is locked under any degree of tension in a manner to prevent accidental displacementl even under conditions which tend todisconnect the locking end of the bandy from the coacting locking means onthe body of the holder.

he invention will be 'best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, with the further understanding that while practical forms of the in! vcntion are illustrated in the drawings, it is susceptible of other practical forms, whereto any of the drawings but may be changed and'modified so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invent-ion. p

In the' drawings :Figure 1 is an'elevationof a globe holder especially adapted to andshowing theV globe holder applied to an electric lamp socket. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section of the holder of Fig. 1 but drawn to a larger scale.l Fig.

3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, but

with the globe holder removed from the socket, and drawn to a larger scale than Fig.

1. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 offFig.

l also drawn to a larger scale and omitting the electric lamp and distant portions of the globe. Fig. 5 is a perspective view oi a globe holder especially adapted to' gas lixtures.

Referring to the drawings, there is sho'wn in Fig. 1 an electric lamp socket l which may be taken as typical of any suitable elec` tric lamp socket and `needs no especial description. In Fig. 2 an electric lamp is indicated at 2 and a shade, such as is commonly employed in connection with electricl lamps is indicated at 3, but this shade may be taken as typical of any suitable shade or lobe. g In the structure shown in Figs. 1 to 4 the globe or shade holder comprises a collar por tion 4 and a globe receiving body portion, which latter is connected to the collar portion by a radialliange 6, these parts being in general similar to certain types of globe holders for electric fixtures. The collar 4 is provided with a circular series, of longitudinal slits 7 rendering this collar more or .less expansible and contractible and at an appropriate point between the ends of the collarit is formed with a circumferential ing groove on its interior to receive .the usual bead 9 of t-he socket 1. The bead 8'is traversed by the slits 7 and between this bead smooth cylindrical port-ion 10, which is also traversed by slits. To this smooth portion there is connected one end of a band 11 by a rivet 12 or otherwise, and this band is in the forni of an incomplete ring of somewhat.- less circumferential extent than the smooth portion 10 of the collar. That end of the band 11 remote from therivet 12 is .formed with an eye or perforation 13 near the end and at the extreme end the band is returned manipulation, and 1n order to stilfen'this end of the band land to pr'ovide an enlarged manipulating portion 4it may be expended in width, as indicated. at 15. The smooth portion 10 of the collar isstruck up to form a lip or tooth 16 adapted to extend through the perforation 13 when the band is brought about the smooth portion' 10 with a' force to contract this part of the collar to suchv an` y bead 8 on its exterior, forming a correspondand thefree end of the collar is a extent that when the collar is applied to the base 1, and it yields sutiiciently because of the slits 7 to spring over the bead 9, the band 11 will loclr about the smooth portion Aand will hold the collar against expansion, so that it cannot escape from the bead end of the socket 1.

' circumferential elongated slot- 17 along onev f at closely adjacent points,

Vllithin the body member there iis lodgedv a band 19 having one end secured` t the body-member by a rivet 20, or otherwise, adjacent to one endv of the slot 17, and this band extends through guides 21 which may be formed by punching in the 4body member so that the end portions of the guides remain integral with the body member, are cut away therefrom. One of the guides 21 iselosely adjacent to that end of the slot 17 remote from the rivet-20 and the band beyond the guide 21 is laterally expanded, as indicated at 22, and terminates 1n a sti Wider Aportion rolled into a bead 23, -Which edgesof the slot I that it normally tends to expand and 28 toward that end ofbead is long enough to extend from the long 17 remote from the slots 18 substantially across the latter and where the bead is in coinciding relation to I the `slots 18 it is formed with a tongue 24 so located and of such size as to readily enter in any one of the slots 18 and is there held by engagement with the portions of the outstanding bead in which the slots are formed, `which portions serve as outwardly extending teeth. The beaded end' 23 of the vband 19 is exterior to the body member 5 and is at such angular relation to the band 19 that it may be readily rasped by the ngers of an oprator. The and'19 is so constructed to draw the beaded endthe slot 17 adjacent the vguide 21 and the tooth 24 isV so related to the band thatiunder its tendencyit will enter and be maintained in any one of the slots 23 with which uit may the manipulating be brought into coincidence. By making end of theband 19 of substantially the width of the slot 17 it is guided by the slot, while the relation of the tooth 23 at a soniewliat'acute anglesto. the length of the band contributes to the ready entering of the tooth into a slot in engageV ment with the walls l end of 'the globe.

while the side portions` of the slot 18. In action the walls of the series of slots 18 serve in the nature of a ratchet, but the tooth 23 cannot under conditions ot' use escape from this ratchetbecause the band is at this point of substantially the width of the slot 17 and the slots 18 are closed at the ends.

The globe or shade 3 has its small end outtu'rned, as indicated at 25, after the usual ractice, and the band 19 is of a width to readily enter the igroove defined by the outturned portion o the globe. Such a band l.readily conforms to the shape of the globe but does not bind entirely about the small 'The band is held at the ends in and adjacent to the slot 17 and at an intermediate point in a guide 21 located approximately diametrically opposite from the slot 17. y'The result of this is that those portions of the band between the slot 17 and the guide 21 opposite it are drawn together and in engagement with the globe, so that the latter is supported on opposite sides against accidental displacement and in a manner to' avoid cracking of the globe while the band is supported at substantially diametrically oppositesides 'of the bodygof the holder on a line substantially perpendicular to the line of support of the globe by the band. Prior to placing the globe in t-he holder the band is released from any engagement which it may have with the .ratchet teeth defined by the slots '18 and aft-er the globe is placed, which is easily accomplished because then larger than the small end of thel globe, the' manipulating bead 23 is then grasped and drawn along the ratchet structure until the effective diameter of the band is lessened 'and the band firmly grasps the` shade or globe, when the bead may be released to cause the tooth 24 to enter the slot 18, thus effectively locking the band against any accidental displacement by any force other thanl a purposely directed torce, provided such orcefis not sufficient to destroyvthe structure.

In Fig.` 5 the same arrangement for holding the globe is shown, except that the globe holding arrangement is applied to a supporting bracket of the type usually enr ployedv in gas fixtures.l The supporting racket orglobe holder is indicated at 26 and needs no special description, the holder -is usually the band is..

except that l formed with a perI pheral bead 27, in lWhichthe slots 18 are progreater diameter than globes employed in connection with electric lights.

gas globes have their supporting ends of considerably such iirst named slot, and a band within the receptacle having one end fast thereto adacent the irst-named slot and-the other end extending through the first-named slot and exterior to the receptacle provided with a locking member adapted to the second,- named slots.

2. A globe holder having a globe recepvtacle provided at one side with a circumferentially extended slot, and a series of closed slots ini'lanking relation to the iirst-named slot and each extending substantially at yright angles to the first-named slot, and a band-within the receptacle having one end fast thereto adjacentv the first named slot, and the other end extending through the first` named `slot andexterior to the receptacle formed with a manipulating end provided with a tooth adapted to the lirst named slots. A globe. holderV having a globe receptacle provided with a circumferentially eX- panded passage, and a band interior to the globe holder, said band being fast at one end to the receptacle adjacent to the passage and at the other end extending through the pas.

sage, said band being o a size When expanded to receive the supporting end of a globe, the receptacle being provided adjacent to the passage with a Aseries of seats separate from the passage, and the band Where projecting tln'ough the passage being pro videdwithjmea'ns adapted to any one of the seats for lockingthe band in holding yrelation to the supporting end ofy a globe when inserted in the holder'.

4, A globe holder having a globereceptacle provided with an interior band fast at one end 'to the receptacle and atl the other end extending through the receptacle ad- 'jacent to the fastened end, the bandbeing of a; size`when expanded to receive the supporting .end of a globe,'said band and re-v ceptacle having coactin'g locking means, and the receptacle being provided with guid-ing members at ioints distant from'the locking members andv through which guidingmembers the band is passed, saidguiding members consisting of :in-struck portions of the receptacle.

5. A globe holder having-a globe rece-ptacle with its v'vall'picrced by a"circumfer ventially extended slot, an outwardly Adirected bead extending lengthwise of theslot` adjacent thereto and provided with a serics'of` closely adjacent slots closed at theY ends and each disposed at substantially right angles to the length of the lirstfriained slot, and a 'globe locking band arrangedWithin relation to the collar, ,the other end of the band being provided with a passage there-A Athrough and the collar having Ia 4tooth jacent thereto and provided Witha series of -closelyadjacentslots closed at the ends and each dlsposed at substantially right angles to the length of the first-named slot, and a globe locking band arranged Within the receptacle. with one end fast thereto close to the lirst-named slot, and the other end eX- tending through the other end of the first named slot and there provided withV manipnlating means, and a tooth adapted to enter in one of the' second-named slots, said holder being provided with spaced infstruck portions constituting guides through which' the band is passed.

7. A globe holder comprising a cylindrical body member and a collar connected thereto and projecting beyond one end of thecylindrical member in the direction of the axis of generation thereof, said collar being provided with open ended'slits to 95 render the collar elastic, -and a band vfast at one end to that end of the collar remote from the ,bod y member and disposed in lencircling formed thereon to engage in theppassagein. the band when the corresponding end of the collar-is contracted, said collar being adaptedfto embrace the lamp receiving end of an electric light socket and the body of the holder being provided wit-h means4 for locking a globe thereto.

f8. A` globe holder comprising a cylindrical body member thereto andv projecting beyond one end of the cylindrical member in the direction of -the axis of generation thereof, said collar .being provided with open ended slits to render the collarelastic, and a band fast at one end to that end of thccollar ,remote from the body member and disposed in encircling relation to the collar, the other end of the band being provided with a passagetherethrough, and the collar having a tooth formed thereon to engage in the passage in the band when the corresponding end of thecollar is. contracted, said' collar being ,shaped to embrace the lamp receivingv endot an electric light socket and the body ot', the 125` holder being provided with means for locking the globe thereto, said last vnamed means .comprising a band within the .body member and fast atv one end thereto, said body mem- ,ber having a circuniferentially disposed slot of the slotad- 75 and a collar connected 110 with a bordering series of slots extending In testimony, that I claim the 'foregoing at right angles to the first-named slot, and as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signethe band having its free end extending ture in the presence of two Witnesses. through the first-named slot in the body ERNEST F. RUECKERT.

member .and having a tooth adapted to enf/er, Witnesses:

rin one of the series of slots bordering the I ANNA L. MILLER,

first named slot. RALPH L. SNOW. 

